"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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Eden has had a much more vigorous PR campaign
And lots of free publicity during construction...

Eden is very close to a very popular holiday area.

The National Botanic Gardens (now called "Middleton") are just a short drive
from the Gower.
They are a short trip from Pembrey Country Park and less than an hour from
Tenby or any of the Pembrokeshire holiday spots.

The stupid thing is that very few people realise what they are missing in
South Wales. On the other side of the Bristol Channel the Grockles are
falling over each other on the Devon & Cornwall beaches. On August Bank
Holiday I took an eight-mile walk along a pristine sandy beach (from Burry
Porth through to Cefn Sidan and Pembrey). There was no-one on the beach at
Burry, I met a few dog walkers on Cefn Sidan. Pembrey had about five hundred
bunched together on half a mile of sand. The rest was deserted!

Eden is very close to a very popular holiday area.

It used to be popular with me too - but I now find it overcrowded,
overpriced and over-touristified (?) to the point of tackiness. The Beacons,
Pembrokeshire and the Gower have the climate, the scenery and the beaches -
but not the Grockles and the Tat.

(Ducks swiftly and waits for the incoming flak....)